From the Flinders University press release via MedicalXPress: Flinders University psychologist Professor Neil Brewer is proposing a radical alternative to the traditional police line-up, arguing current eyewitness identification tests often fail to pick the culprit,…
From the British Psychological Society (BPS) press release via AlphaGalileo: Students who bring water into exams may improve their grade by keeping hydrated. That is the finding of a study conducted by Chris Pawson from…
From the Taylor & Francis press release via AlphaGalileo: “One advantage of talking to yourself is that you know at least somebody’s listening.” – Franklin P. Jones Most people talk to themselves at least every…
From the University of Missouri press release: Tipping back one too many cocktails during an individual’s early 20s doesn’t correlate to a personal sense of immaturity; however if this habit doesn’t stop as they reach…
From the University of Warwick press release: Unlike women, men don’t curb certain risk-taking behaviours when a baby is present, a new psychology study at the University of Warwick suggests. Whereas women are significantly more…
From the Ohio State University press release via EurekAlert!: A small change in how teachers and parents read aloud to preschoolers may provide a big boost to their reading skills later on, a new study…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: What makes some people give blood and bake casseroles for their neighbors, while others mutter about taxes from behind closed blinds? A new paper published in Psychological…
From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via EurekAlert!: Consumers have an easier time starting toward a goal than finishing it, but according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research,…
From the NYU press release via EurekAlert!: A network of brain regions which is activated during intense aesthetic experience overlaps with the brain network associated with inward contemplation and self-assessment, New York University researchers have…
From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via EurekAlert!: Is John Lennon’s line “imagine no possessions” not as idealistic as it once seemed? According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer…